How will we cook in 2040? Here are 10 trends (that you wouldn’t believe )

If you think about the future kitchens, you will likely imagine a robotic arm that does everything for us. Well, that's different from what we should expect, but much more!

The innovations we will see more and more in our kitchens will concern how we cook, the tools we will use, how we will do the shopping, and much more.

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The younger ones will gradually start cooking with the help of Augmented Reality. In particular, the glasses will be a guide and evaluation tool for what is being cooked. Let's say it will be like a video recipe that knows what you are doing and how to intervene. But not only! The glasses will be connected to the internet, and a word will be enough to share the final result immediately on one's social channels. The downside? Perhaps by getting used to cooking with constant guidance, people will develop less intuition in the kitchen.

Play will be one of the significant trends in technological interactions of the future. Many big food-related brands offer cooking games today, while the most advanced have opened authentic restaurants in the Metaverse. In the end, there will be games and competitions related to what you cook in real life, and we think this is an awesome thing because cooking brings people together.

It may seem impossible, but high energy-efficient cooking methods will be the only socially acceptable for energy-saving reasons. Unfortunately, our beloved oven does not fall into this category! So space for air fryers, electric plates, and microwave ovens.

The new generations will be more aware of climatic needs and that the meat industry is one of the leading causes of global warming. So it is likely that traditional meat, i.e., the one we eat today, will be taxed based on its environmental impact. This will encourage the consumption of synthetic beef made in the laboratory.

The ever-increasing need for energy conservation, combined with the desire to know where one's food comes from, will favor the development of vertical farming practices. As a result, people will grow part of their legumes and vegetables in condominiums and kitchens worldwide. Fantastic right?

Mental health and psychophysical well-being are essential for Generation Z. For this reason, food and cooking brands are already moving toward guided meditations, playlists, and positive affirmations. For example, Barilla has developed some playlists on Spotify designed to accompany us in creating our pasta dishes.

Technology runs fast; future microwave ovens are expected to read the barcodes on packages and automatically set the correct cooking time.

To reduce food waste in the future, we will see refrigerators and pantries merging. Using intelligent containers, each food will be kept at the ideal temperature, reminding us which foods are about to expire.

In the future, groceries will be delivered directly to our homes using drones or self-driving vehicles. As a result, the production and delivery cycle up to the consumer will be more efficient.

In the not-so-distant future, the worktop of every kitchen will be innovative, touchscreen, and interactive. It will thus be easier to let ourselves be guided in preparing our favorite recipes.